Built like a 1970s pickup truck, the trusty Mil Mi-17 is becoming popular with oil and gas companies in the Americas, who are increasingly sending their pilots and maintainers to Alabama to stay up to speed.

Following the debut of ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) on CFM’s LEAP engine, other manufacturers are boosting research into the new material.

Aviation Week visited the U.S. Air Force’s first operational F-35 squadron to get an inside look at how maintainers fixed a problem with faulty insulation on the aircraft’s avionics cooling lines.

The Internet of Things has increased as a going concern in commercial aviation MRO, being used to track everything from aircraft health monitoring to components.

What MROs need to be proactive about finding future skills.

Marketing for the Boeing 787 has focused heavily on its oversized windows, which replace the mechanical blinds found on other commercial aircraft with an electrochromic dimming function.

Over the next decade, Eastern European MRO demand is expected to reach over $37 billion. Engine maintenance will have the majority share at 35%, followed by components at 27%.

Last week’s Airshow China in Zhuhai saw a number of multi-million dollar MRO announcements made by the region’s providers and airlines, with the deals demonstrating China’s rapid growth as an aftermarket hub.